Forbes.com: College Football's Most Valuable Teams

4. Louisiana State University Tigers

The local economic impact of LSU's home games has helped secure their place as the SEC's most valuable team. The Tigers generated $8.5 million in local spending for each of their seven home games. (Getty Images)

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College Football...Our list of College Football’s Most Valuable Teams ranks each team's value on a weighted scoring system. The four components, in order of weight, consist of each team's 1. value to its university (football profit used for academic purposes, including football scholarships), 2. value to its athletic department (net profit generated by the football team that is kept by the athletic department), 3. value to its conference (distribution of bowl game payout) and 4. value to the surrounding community (estimated spending by visitors on days of home games). The scoring system also standardizes revenues and expenses in order to account for differences in each school's method of reporting financial information to the Department of Education. (Getty Images)

Sources: The Universities; Local Chambers of Commerce and Visitors & Convention Bureaus; NCAA; U.S. Department of Education.

The Razorbacks experienced 59 percent growth in value since 2009, easily the highest of any team. This growth was the result of increased ticket prices, a new seating equity program, an appearance in last year's Sugar Bowl, and the reintroduction of the "Southwest Classic" rivalry game against Texas A&M. (Getty Images)

The Wolverines saw a 15 percent increase in team value since 2009, which was mostly influenced by Michigan Athletics' academic funding. Michigan contributed more to football scholarships than any other public university on our list. (Getty Images)

The local economic impact of LSU's home games has helped secure their place as the SEC's most valuable team. The Tigers generated $8.5 million in local spending for each of their seven home games. (Getty Images)

Texas football generated $65 million for its Athletic Department, $15 million more than any other school. That athletic value helped offset the fact that the Longhorns didn't make a bowl game last season. (Getty Images)